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Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

m mwfoze Edward Jjrooks,

INKING PAD.

-E. J. BROOKS.

(No Model.)

EDlVARD .l. BROOKS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO E. J..

BROOKS & OO., OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

lNKlNG-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,714, dated March 3,1891.

Application filed December 4, 1890. Serial No. 373,556. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of East Orange, in the State of N ew Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in hiking-Pads, of which the following is aspecification.

.This invention is ad itional to my improvement in inking-pads patentedOctober 14, 1S90,-by Letters Patent No. 438,571, as claimed in thesecond claim of my specificationforming part of the same. v

The present invention consists in certain novel combinations ofpeculiarly-formed or peculiarly-arranged parts, as hereinafter set forthand claimedyand its objects are to securely attach the felt top of thepad at all points, so that it shall not rise with the stamp and thusbecome stretched or uneven, and to protect the preferred corkcomposition or any other like composition of which the relativelyinflexible elastic support is composed against exposure to the air,which in practice is found to render the same liable to mold anddisintegrate. These beneficial results have been accomplished Withoutmaterially increasing the cost of the pads.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a round padillustrating this invention. Fig. 2 is a like view of itsrelativelyinfiexible support. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a squarepad of like construction. Fig. 4 represents an enlarged section on theline 4 4, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a like sectional view of a modified padconstructed according to the same invention in part.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The improved pad maybe round or square, as illustrated by the drawings,or of any preferred external shape. In all forms it is preferablyconstructed with the customary bevthe base of the pad, as represented byFig. 2, and in the species represented by Figs. 1, 2, and 4is providedwith a sufficient number of holes h, Fig. 2, penetrated by bindingportions 1), Fig. 4, of the gelatine compound 0, which incloses thesupport B and completes the base of the pad. The gelatine-compoundportion O O O of each of the pads further comprises a distinct andsubstantial elastic binding-layerc 0, Figs. 4 and 5, extending under theWhole area of the felt AA A as an adhesive support for the same at allpoints, the same serving also, in connection with a relativelyinflexible support, as B, of the preferred cork composition, composed ofparticles of cork embedded in gelatine compound to protect the latteragainst access of air, and thus to keep it from mold ing, as aforesaid.The top of the pad is also rendered softer without impairing the effectof the relatively inflexible support. In connection with said layer 0cof the gelatine compound, a relatively inflexible support B, of corkcomposition or thelikc, without said holes h, may in some cases beemployed, as illustrated by Fig. 5, and such relatively inflexi-. blesupport may be made with any suitable sawdust in place of corkparticles, or in the perforated form B of sheet-cork, or of suitablewoodwvithout wholly departing from my invention.

A paper lable D, Fig. 5, may be adhesively attached to the bottom of thepad.

In producing the improved pad within a suitable mold in invertedposition, as before, a sufficient quantity of the gelatine compound ispoured upon the felt to form the lip aand binding-layer c c. Therelatively inflexible support B, rendered adhesive by heating it, isthen placed upon said layer 0 c, and sufficient of the gelatine compoundis added to complete the base of the pad.

Having thus described said improved pads, I claim as my invention,anddesire to patent under this specification- 1. An inking-pad having anink-absorbing top of felt, an elastic cushioning and binding portion ofgelatine compound or the like, comprising a layer 0 c of the sameimmediately beneath the felt, and a relatively inflexible elasticsupport composed of particles of cork or the like embedded in gelatinecompound,

which immediately underlies said layer 0 c and is inclosed Within thegelaline compound, which completes the base of the pad, Sn)-st-zintially as liereinbefore specified.

2. In an inking-pad having an ink-absorbing top of felt and an elasticcushioning and binding portion of gem-tine compound or the like, arelatively inflexible support 13, provided with holes 71', penetrated bybinding portions of the gclntine compound, which incloses saidrelatively inelastic support and m completes the base of the pad,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

EDXVARD J. BROOKS. \Vitnesses:

N. S. KLINE, L. F. IIQVEY.

